European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 stars and stripes sunday december 1 a 1993 a i at a glance a a worker places a russian Flag on a Moscow building that will be used As a polling station in today s parliamentary elections russians also will vote on president Boris n. Yeltsin s proposed Constitution. See Story on Page 13. Vegetables not wine the French May have fewer heart attacks on a diet Rich in fats because they eat More vegetables not because they drink wine with dinner a researcher says. A pages too much crime president Clinton said America is too violent and it Quot makes a mockery of All the things we say we a Page 6 Airport Security lags Federal investigators have found that airports have failed to keep unauthorized people out of restricted areas. Page 7 aiming for business tourists visiting the magic kingdom sea world and Universal studios can add another attraction to their list of activities the Quick shots shooting Range. Pagell prices hold steady a Sharp drop in International Oil prices restrained . Inflation to a modest 0.2 percent in november. A Page 20 Index Quot Abby Ann Landers 17 classifieds.24-27 commentary .15 faces a no places .17 letters.14 horoscope.26 Money matters 20,23 mutuals.21-23 sports. 29-36 weather. 16 wife doing Well say by de reams staff writer. Fulda Germany a the woman whose husband brought the head of another Soldier to her Hospital room is doing Well medically according to her doctors and can leave the German Hospital when she wants. Diane Schap 26, been in the Herz Jesu Kran Konhaus in Fulda for nearly a week for minor problems relating to her three month pregnancy said or. Peter Weigmann chief of the Hospital s gynaecology Ward. Her husband sgt. Stephen Schap 26, a helicopter technician stationed in Fulda with the 11th army Cav regt is in military custody. He was arrested tuesday night when he carried spec. Gregory w. Glover s head to his wife a Hospital room and set it on a night stand next to her bed. Quot mrs. Schap was taken to another room and treated for Shock she told us her husband never beat or hit her in the past the doctor said. Quot nor did he try to hit her in the Hospital. A she is in the Hospital because she is having a difficult pregnancy. She is in her third month and we think we have everything under control Stephen Schap told doctors that he suspected his wife of having an affair with Glover authorities said. Weigmann was one of the doctors on Juty tuesday when Schap arrived at the Hospital. The physician told the stars and stripes that the Soldier was Calm As he showed the head to his wife. Quot when we saw the head we began asking Schap about the reason for his deed. Schap sat quietly on the end of his wife a bed sweating profusely. I believe our behaviour a talking to him in a Normal tone of voice a contributed to keeping him quiet a Weigmann said. Quot he insisted the head remain where it was namely sitting on the night table facing his wife who was Quot very upset already in Shock. The floor and the table were covered with Weigmann and another doctor managed to Calm the wife and they Glover a head removed from Quot the room he said. Then they notified military and German police who arrived about 15 minutes later. Contributing to Iota report Mark Kinkade in Fulda Fulda from Page killing of spec. Gregory w. Glover 21. Schap 26, was arrested tuesday after he carried Glover s head to a local Hospital and placed it on a night stand in the room where Schaps wife Diane also 26 was being treated for a difficult pregnancy. Doctors there said Schap believed his wife was having an affair with Glover. Both men worked at the Airfield. Regiment officials have put a tight lid on the Community since the Glover staying. Most officers asked would not talk about the two recent killings or the atmosphere in the Community saying the regiment told its people to stay quiet. But the soldiers do talk. In the dining Halls motor pools recreation centers and Barracks rooms tuesday s slaying is the talk of the Community. A i feel for. His Schaps wife Quot a Soldier said. A i done to know if she was actually having an affair but if she was she lost it All in one in the Wake of the Glover killing people in this tight knit Community in Central Germany have become wary even scared some said of the people they work next to. "1 Don t even like to go out at night a said a homemaker who give her name. Quot you just Don t know what people will do Here the units much vaunted Pride also been Hurt some regiment soldiers said. This is a regiment where its officers still Wear spurs on their boots and answer salutes with a Sharp Quot Blackhorse a but the regiment s commander col. William s. Wallace said the unit still its Pride. Quot the Pride of this regiment continues undiminished by recent incidents a Wallace said. Quot we continue to execute our draw Down Mission with the dignity that our soldiers families and this great organization once the regiment was the first line of defense against a potential All out soviet invasion of Europe. Then the cola War ended and the Sou ets packed up their tanks and went Home. Now nearly three years later the regi ment is packing its tanks and going Home. More than 10,000 americans lived in the baroque German Community at the height of the cold War. Today less than 2,000 remain and that number is going to drop significantly before Christmas officials said. For example p troop Glover a unit is Down to seven people most of whom will be gone by the new year one regiment official said. T troop Schaps and Ricardo a unit about 30 people. The last two helicopters based at the Airfield left Fulda permanently Friday three Days after Glover was killed. The Schap Case galvanized the Community which was just adjust log to the i card murder. Questions about the Young girl s death were fading and talk in inc dining Halls and work centers was turning toward leaving regiment members said. Then the Community was stunned tuesday when Glover was killed. Instantly the chief topic of discussion was what happened. Rumours abounded. A i still Don t know How i feel a said sgt. Kelly Graham who works in the Headquarters troop. A it s almost like it did no to happen. Its too bizarre to a the fact that two slaying suspects came from the same troop Hasni to escaped people of the regiment. Quot they re calling t troop terror troop now a said Maria Kamali whose husband sgt. Richard Kamali is a t troop helicopter Crew chief. Quot that show Fulda is going to remember some of the people of the regiment Point to the stress of leaving the Community As a contributing Factor in the two killings. Noting Long working hours to pack equipment and facilities preparations to a love household goods a Lack of Quality of life facilities that Community members grown used to and the ensuing boredom some of the americans in Fulda said the two crimes were inevitable. Quot there a not much to do Here a said pfc. Ruben Espinal a transportation specialist leaving of a of a Quot a of the people a there s a lot of confusion about what s next. 1 can Sec where people would build up a lot of stress and anger and explode. B but Wallace the commander said stress in the Community is not any higher than in other units in Europe that also Are drawing Down. Some soldiers agreed saying stress is not to blame for the slayings. Quot i Don t think the stress of drawing Down is causing people to do these things a one regiment officer said. Quot these were just blips on the screen not total collapses. "1 think its a matter of coincidence that they happened in the midst of All the packing and moving of people the regiment also to turn its attention to grief counselling and stress reduction. V for example regiment chaplains conduct sensing sessions arid those who ask for help or who Counselor think need help have been taken care of Wallace said. With just a few months left before americans Are out of Fulda the regiment will try to get past the recent tragedies and continue moving its people. Many said they Hope the image of the Blackhorse survives. Quot a Wise Man once told me that great organizations Deal with both Success and tragedy professionally a Wallace said. Quot the Blackhorse regiment and continues to do contributing to Thea report staff Wattar Wayna Hall in Fuku Garmany and tha associated press Gore from Page 1 250 service members and their families inside Rhein Mains hangar 484. Later at a Holiday party in the base officers club he and Nis wife joined members of the 37th Airlift so and others involved in the Effort to provide humanitarian Relief to Bosnia Ana Herzegovina. Gore is expected to return to Germany briefly next saturday to discuss his visit to the former soviet republics and other issues with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Shuttle from Page 1 appeared As a Brilliant Point of Light against the Stark blackness of space. The rejuvenated Telescope was released into a 369-mile-High orbit Friday morning with new optics new guidance and Power systems and upgraded computer memory. In All 11 new parts were installed during a record five spacewalks by four astronauts alternating in pairs. Spacewalk ers f. Story Musgrave Jeffrey a. Hoffman Tom Akers and Kathryn c i Hornton encountered few obstacles and those were surmounted. A their efficiency allowed two Days of relative Leisure before a Cape canaveral ha., Landing set for monday 11 do a a after the $629 million Mission began Quot the highlights Between now and end of Mission Are very Boring quite Frank a said led flight director Milt Heflin. They really Are because this Mission was put together to solely serve a Hubble space Telescope a a the. Nasa padded the schedule with additional Days in Case the astronauts needed extra spacewalks to Complete All t chores. The $1.6 billion Hubble launched in 1990 with an imperfect Mil the defect left the Telescope unable to faint objects clearly in the remotest rest of the universe Hubble scientists said they will not k 11 Mont a whether new mirrors stalled last week corrected the problem. It. Will take that Long to focus and a new instruments. 1 rji16 next service Call on Hubble is Sel 1997, then 1999 and 2002. The Telescou expected to provide astronomers with be Tiai views until 2005
